It took a while before a flicker of understanding crossed the depths of her eyes. She seemed to have more or less confirmed the bear's earlier guess.
"Alright!"
Then she stopped asking questions and continued looking around as she walked with light steps. She went over to a little stool and sat down, then patted Tibbers on his fluffy head. After the thump, she chided him:
"Tibbers, you dummy. How exactly did you teach her back then?"
(||￢▽￢)
As she spoke, a rare hint of disdain entered Annie's voice, and she sighed.
"This woman—I can't tell if she's too stupid or just too bold..."
(′~`●)
"She actually chose the stupidest, most brutal method in her original ordinary world, where spiritual energy was pitifully scarce: letting herself be engulfed in flames and forcibly disintegrating her body in an attempt to ascend?"
(｀)
She paused, then glanced at the bear, seemingly trying to find a way to explain it so the troublesome creature in her hands could understand.
"So what happened?"
(_)
"Well, she really did manage to ascend and break through the world's Realm Barrier. Then a wisp of her true soul ended up in this Parallel Plane of immortals, where spiritual energy was fairly abundant."
(ì_í)
"And now here's the problem: because she forced her way through the boundary during her ascension, she had no suitable body to contain her soul. She really was reckless!"
(ノ△.)
"And then, by some fluke—or maybe..."
"Fate had other plans?"
"Somehow, she ran into her 'self' in this Parallel Plane, who was also called Lin Daiyu, and the two fused!"
╮(╯▽╰)╭
She shrugged, then continued her analysis.
"So now there are two Lin Daiyu souls crammed into a body that wasn't very strong to begin with. One carries memories and attachments from a past